Yahya Butt

{{Short description|Pakistani bodybuilder (born c. 1961–2022)}}

{{notability|Biography|date=July 2022}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox bodybuilder

| name = Yahya Butt
{{Nastaliq|یحییٰ بٹ}}

| gender = male

| image = Yahya Butt Mr Pakistan Olympia 2001.jpg

| caption = Yahya Butt after Mr Pakistan Olympia 2001

| birth_name = Muhammad Yahya Butt

| birth_date = {{birth date|1965|04|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|02|06|1965|10|15|df=y}}

| death_place = Gujranwala , Punjab, Pakistan

| height = 5 ft 9 in

| contest_weight = {{convert|194|lbs|kg|0}}

| off_season_weight = {{convert|260|lbs|kg|0}}

| firstproshow = Jr Mr. Asia

| firstproshowyear = 1985

| bestwin = Mr. Asia (1989, 1990, 1994)
Mr . Pakistan (1986)
Mr. Pakistan's Olympia (1992-2004)

| pro_years = 1990-2004

}}

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{{CompetitionRecordSport | BodyBuilding}}

{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|International achievements}}

{{CompetitionRecordFirst | 1994 | Mr. Asia}}

{{CompetitionRecordFirst | 1990 | Mr. Asia}}

{{CompetitionRecordFirst | 1985 | Jr Mr. Asia}}

{{CompetitionRecordSecond | 1989 | Mr. Asia}}

{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|National achievements}}

{{CompetitionRecordFirst | 1986 |Mr. Pakistan}}

{{CompetitionRecordFirst | 1992 |Mr. Olympia Pakistan}}

{{CompetitionRecordFirst | 1995 |Mr. Olympia Pakistan}}

{{CompetitionRecordFirst | 1998 |Mr. Olympia Pakistan}}

{{CompetitionRecordFirst | 2001 |Mr. Olympia Pakistan}}

{{CompetitionRecordFirst | 2004 |Mr. Olympia Pakistan}}

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Yahya Butt (23 April 1965 – 6 February 2022) was a leading bodybuilder in Pakistan. He won the Asian Gold Medal three times. He was also the chairman of Punjab Bodybuilding Association.{{cite news |last1=Imran |first1=Sohail |title=پاکستان کے معروف تن ساز یحییٰ بٹ انتقال کرگئے |url=https://urdu.geo.tv/latest/276783- |access-date=3 March 2025 |work=urdu.geo.tv |date=6 February 2022 |language=ur}} Butt succumbed to bowel cancer and died on 6 February 2022 at a local hospital in Lahore.{{cite news |last1=ڈیسک |first1=ویب |title=پاکستان کے معروف تن ساز یحییٰ بٹ انتقال کرگئے {{!}} Express News |url=https://www.express.pk/story/2281551/16 |access-date=3 March 2025 |work=ایکسپریس اردو |date=6 February 2022 |language=ur}}

Butt had won the Mr. Pakistan Olympia title five times and represented Pakistan four times in the Mr. Universe competitions. Butt won the Mr. Asia title in 1994.{{cite news |title=ایشین گولڈ میڈلسٹ باڈی بلڈر یحییٰ بٹ کینسر سے جنگ ہار گئے |url=https://jang.com.pk/news/1047296 |access-date=3 March 2025 |work=jang.com.pk |date=7 February 2022 |language=ur}} Yahya Butt was also a Certified Trainer from Gold's Gym California, USA. He was a police officer in the Punjab Police. Yahya had retired to divert his attention to bodybuilding. He ran his own gym and ran a sports manufacturing company to manufacture gym equipment.{{cite news |title=Pakistan’s record-holder bodybuilder Yahya Butt passes away |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/07-Feb-2022/pakistan-s-record-holder-bodybuilder-yahya-butt-passes-away |access-date=3 March 2025 |work=The Nation |date=6 February 2022 |language=en}}